Birth of Solidarity - The History of the French Welfare State

François Ewald’s The Birth of Solidarity—first published in French in 1986 and appearing here in English for the first time—is one of the most important historical and philosophical studies of the rise of the welfare state.

List of contents

Translator's Preface / Timothy Scott Johnson  ix
Risk, Insurance, Security / Melinda Cooper  xiii
Part I. The History of Responsibility
1. Civil Law  5
2. Security and Liberty  30
3. Noblesse Oblige  47
Part II. Universal Insurance against Risk
4. Average and Perfection  77
5. An Art of Combinations  96
6. Universal Politics  115
Part III. The Recognition of Professional Risk
7. Charitable Profit  141
8. Security and Responsibility  165
9. First and Foremost, a Political Law  181
Notes  223
Bibliography  251
Index

About the author

François Ewald

Summary

François Ewald’s The Birth of Solidarity—first published in French in 1986 and appearing here in English for the first time—is one of the most important historical and philosophical studies of the rise of the welfare state.

Product details

• Authors: Francois Ewald, François Ewald, Francois R. Ewald, Frantois R./ Cooper Ewald
• Assisted by: Melinda Cooper (Editor), Timothy Scott Johnson (Translation)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781478007715
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-0771-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Frankreich, Europäische Geschichte, Arbeits- / Einkommensökonomie, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor, HISTORY / Europe / France, Business / Economics / Finance, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations